A. Smith

English teacher (2008-) & department chair (2018-) in Public Ed. Formerly, mostly RTs on education, policy, & the humanities. Now, seek me i’ th’ other place

[GullahMuseumSC @GullahSc]

Before underground parties, before raves, there were juke joints. Did you know “juke” is a #Gullah word? Linguist Dr. Lorenzo Dow Turner, PhD, wrote about the word in his seminal work “Africanism in the Gullah Dialect.”

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🎂 On Robert Louis Stevenson’s birthday, we celebrate the author of "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," a landmark tale of duality. 🖋 📖 Check out this illustrated 1904 edition: ➡️ https://t.co/tlmkclLDBM

#ClassicLiterature #GreatBooks #LiteraryGenius #LiteratureLegend

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

And one more: a link to Wright’s blog pieces on ekphrasis and art, beginning with Mondrian. https://t.co/0yj5DSEiqo

[Philosophy Quotes @philosophors]

“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”

— James Baldwin

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Dai George explains how Dylan Thomas made “the avant-garde sexy and immersive like no one else.”
https://t.co/ZcsdIvklm9

[CriticalAIhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/ @CriticalAI]

Important thread from @emilymbender. Read this in conjunction w/ the this forthcoming essay on Perplexity AI from Allison and Derewal.
https://t.co/Kv9AOZKJOE

[The 74 @The74]

Author, writing coach @biblioracle tells @gtoppo of AI tools, “This stuff is here. It's embedded in the tools students use to do their work.” But it also helps students outsource effortful thinking https://t.co/NHgaQMqmqy

[kaci sue who @kacisuewho]

I've updated the Halloween decorations to Christmas decorations

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

It's Halloween. Let's. Get. Weird.

[Authors Alliance @auths_alliance]

Such an important issue. Though we have incredible access to information in the moment, the systems that support long-term preservation and access are incredibly fragile.

If you care bout the stability and integrity of the historical and cultural record, check this out.

[Tameka S. Nicholson @MrsTNicholson]

The WHS English Two Crew is united in practice and purpose! This group is committed to future-ready collaborative practices and our scholars benefit greatly because of their fervor and diligence! #EnglishTwoCrew #ThisIsUs #ExcellenceOnPurpose ⁦@WHS_Redhawks⁩

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Ghost stories serve only the living. They transmute specific tragedies into universal lessons, and in the process, give us a way to make sense of a changing world."

@efriend on the North Carolina myth of Lydia and how folklore evolves over generations: https://t.co/WyUPYOO4QU

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

An early Halloween cartoon for @GuardianBooks

[Pessimists Archive @PessimistsArc]

Moral panics about kids have an opportunity cost: there are only so many headlines written, laws proposed and voted on, studies commissioned and documentaries made.

What missed opps to actually make kids safer were ignored in favor of comic book panic?

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

For our American and Canadian friends: The A system of measuring paper is used internationally and is based on an aspect ratio of the square root of two, like the side of a square and its diagonal.

A0 format has an area of exactly 1 square meter.

[PBS News Classroom @NewsHourExtra]

PBS @NewsHour Classroom:

A Democracy Minute: Jim Lehrer on journalistic integrity

For #MediaLiteracyWeek, ask students: What is the role of a free press in a democracy?

Watch these 1-min videos by @LifeStoriesInterviews ahead of #Election2024

LINK: https://t.co/xHn24hyLzy

[Lowcountry Teacher Advocates @lowcountryteach]

https://t.co/beXulNlEd4

[LJ's infoDOCKET (@infoDOCKET on Bluesky) @infodocket]

Internet Archive: "S.F.’s Internet Archive Was Hacked. They Say It’s Part Of A Larger War." & More Headlines https://t.co/Wv9uEQuHju #libraries @internetarchive